Windswept is a black metal band from Wellington, New Zealand. The group came together in 2024 and sought to bring a raw black metal assault that still maintained a melodic sensibility and punk-inspired chaos. Two years later, Windswept now stands ready to unleashHowling in Baptismal Filth, and has provided Decibel with its video for “Cenote.”
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Photo courtesy of Fimbul Winter Fimbul Winter (featuring ex-Amon Amarth members) present “Crowned In Ash,” their latest release following the 2025 debut EP What Once Was. With a line-up formed of three previous members of Amon Amarth, and completed with Clint Williams, Fimbul Winter embark on greater exploration and development of melodic death metal. “Crowned
What a name! Check out Festering Hag‘s debut album,The Hag, the Mother, and the Wolf.The record is out this Friday via Bog Infinity, a label established last year. The Hag, the Mother, and the Wolf by Festering Hag“Festering Hag’s debut album is a cautionary fairytale told through keyboard instruments both traditional and unconventional … a
Scottish speed/black metal merchant James McBain dropped his latestHellripperalbum,Coronach back in March and it’s already one of our favorite releases of 2026. And if you’re anything like us, you can’t get enough of his Bathory-meets-Midnight approach to the genres. Well, you’re in luck because the Decibel Flexi Series is brining you even more Hellripper in
The Accüsed founding guitarist, Tommy Niemeyer, has emerged with a potent (and semi-resurrected) new lineup and brand new single and video for “Interfectrix.” Back in 2025, Niemeyer reunited with original vocalist John Dahlin for the “Garden of Fools” single, but the latest incarnation of the band sees drummer Josh Sinder (from the NastyMix era in
Daytona Beach, Florida heavy metal festival Welcome to Rockville just wrapped up, and its four days of festivities and shitty weather were full of several memorable moments. Of course there’s no way to cover everything, considering how there were tons of damn people there and tons and of things going on, but here’s just a
Stoner rock and metal are crowded genres these days but there’s always room for a band that knows when to get back to basics and just rock. Enter scene veteransGozu, who are just days away from releasing their sixth album, aptly titledGozu VI, on Friday (May 15). Coming on Metal Blade subsidiary Blacklight Media,Gozu VIhas
Long-running Chilean death metal outfitGodlessare quickly approaching the June 6 release of their new album,Adversus Parousia, on Nuclear Winter Records. In preparation, listeners can hear “Numenlagneia,” a new track from the album, right now. Steeped in the same brand of dark, moody death metal that Godless have long practiced, “Numenlagneia” carries trace DNA of bands
Greetings,Decibelreaders! NewDarkthrone! NewDraconian! NewPanopticon! It’s like a season finale of an old soap opera where characters from years ago suddenly reappear, and you gasp audibly … to no one in particular. Anyway, it’s a big week for new releases from big names, but don’t forget to check out the latest from the NYBM masters inTeloch
Denver band Insipidus do it all—they write and produce their own music, even going so far as to create their own album art and merch designs. And if they don’t have a gig lined up for the night, they don’t let that stop them—if you’re local to Denver, you still might catch them out busking
Hot off the success of their pioneering 1991 debut, Effigy of the Forgotten, Long Island, NY death metal quintet Suffocation had their hearts dead-set on returning to Tampa, FL’s Morrisound Recording and reuniting with producer Scott Burns to record 1993’s Breeding the Spawn. The ever-polite, patient and relaxed Burns had made sense of Suffocation’s sonic
Crusty Italian black metalists laCasta have been at it for more than a decade but are only now following up their 2020 debutIn Aeturnvm with a new batch of sonic ugliness calledOlibanvm (aka Frankincense). This relentless quartet—Marino Martellotta (bass), Sbrough (drums), Mario Morgante (guitars), Alessandro Donnaloia (vocals/synths)—are offering here a sneak peek of the nine
Lago Eight years of silence have done nothing to soften Lago. The Phoenix, Arizona death metal outfit returns withVigil, a dense, suffocating, and surgically cold new full-length that pushes their bleak atmosphere into sharper, more punishing territory. Formed in 2010, LAGO first emerged with theMarianasEP before releasing their debut full-length,Tyranny, in 2014.Their 2018 album Sea
Where they from?New York, NY. My pick of the Lightning beating the Stars in the NHL Stanley Cub finals is blown after the first round. I am like reverse-Nostradamus — everything I pick turns out false. I should pick stocks for people and they just do the opposite of whatever I say. Why the hype?Oh
Photo by Trenton Woods According to ’70s soft rockers, America, “in the desert, you can remember your name,” which is all good and well, but no one’s gonna forget a name like Arizona’s melodic death metal outfit Wyrmhaven, right? This desert-based Tucson quintet—Nick Cowan (guitars), Stephen Majalca (drums), Keith Huffman (bass), Travis Skye (lead guitars),
What a week it’s been! Thankfully, the metal news hasn’t been as contentious as past weeks, but there’s still a lot to dive into, so read on… William Shatner Recruits Disturbed’s John Moyer and Slayer’s Dave Lombardo for New Metal Project Everyone’s favorite actor who says things interestingly, William Shatner, is out here Shatnering in
If you’re unfamiliar with Philly’s newest temple to metal and spirits—or even if you’re quite familiar—this weekend is the perfect time for a visit as we’re proud to be partnering with Doom bar as the official home base of Metal & Beer Fest 2026! “Yes,” you say, “Yes! I need to be there! I’ve seen
Two years since we last checked in with them, Denver deathcore outfitMind Incisionare back with a new single, “Y.W.A. War.” It’s a real bruiser of a track, representing the heavier and nastier side of modern deathcore and metalcore. There are even hints of nü metal in the rhythm section and vocal delivery. The new song,
Photo courtesy of Burning Sister Denver low-end duo Burning Sister present their latest single, “Sunspots,” their first new track following their 2025 albumGhosts. The seven-minute epic is psychedelic stoner groove at its finest. “To me, ‘Sunpots’ is the sound of summer,” says bassist, vocalist, and synth player Steve Miller. “Immediately after coming up with the
Resurrected SPIRIT ADRIFT to Replace FUCLI on the Decibel Magazine Tour Starting April 30! April 24, 2026 Due to visa processing issues,Fulciare unable to perform on the Decibel Magazine Tour. Fulci will return next year as part of the 2027 Decibel Tour. This year, Texas heavy metal mastersSpirit Adrifthave stepped up to fill the void.